WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was hospitalized after tripping at a hotel, a spokesperson said Wednesday.
“This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner. He has been admitted to the hospital where he is receiving treatment,” McConnell spokesman David Popp said in a statement.
McConnell, 81, is serving a seventh term in the Senate, after being first elected in 1984. He was Senate majority leader until early 2021.
No additional information was immediately available about his condition Wednesday night.
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The incident was first reported by Punchbowl News, a politics news website.
McConnell was first elected to the Senate in the 1984, and in 2020 was re-elected to serve a seventh term.
He was Senate majority leader from 2015 until early 2021, when Democrats took over in the majority after the 2020 elections.
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